Celebration Of The First Communion In A Madrid School

MADRID, SPAIN - MAY 20: A girl takes her First Communion in the church of Colegio Cristo Rey Hortaleza, on 20 May, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. The First Communion is the celebration of the Catholic Church where minors participate for the first time in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, receiving Communion. They are celebrated on a Sunday or a spring holiday, ordinarily in the months of May and June, during the Easter period. Nowadays, the celebration of a First Communion, with the banquet following the Eucharist, exceeds an average of 4,000 euros in Spain, with a minimum cost of 1,900 euros and reaching 10,000 euros for an event with 50 guests, according to a study by the Spanish Association of Consumers Asescon. (Photo By A. Perez Meca/Europa Press via Getty Images)